Hampi Express accident: 25 dead; minister blames driver, says he jumped signal

(The train accident in Anantapur…)

PENUKONDA: At least 25 passengers were killed, 16 of them charred, and 43 injured when the Bangalore- bound Hampi Express rammed into a stationary goods train after its driver apparently overshot the signal near the station here in the wee hours on Tuesday.
The impact of the collision that took place at 3:15am was such that four bogies of the express train derailed and one of them caught fire near Penukonda station in Andhra Pradesh coming under Bangalore division of South Western Railway.